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CORK TURNER.

Patented Aug. 28 1883.

UNITED STATES PATENT EFIcE.

GEORGE w. KORN, on NEW YORK, n. Y.

CORK-TURNER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 283,900, dated August 28, 1883.

Application filed October 9, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, GEORGE WV. KORN, a citizen of the United States, residing at the city of New York, in the State of New York,

5 have invented certain Improvements in Oork- Turners, of which the following is the speci-' fication.

The nature and object of my invention is to .produce a simple and efficient cork-turner for removing corks from bottles, as will hereinafter appear.

Figure 1 is an upright view of the upper part of a bottle with cork in position and the cork-turner inserted and in position to remove the cork. Fig. 2 shows the cork-turner open, with dotted lines in the handle to show the manner of closing it.

This cork-turner is designed to open and close like an ordinary pocket-knife.

Similar letters of reference refer to similar parts in the two drawings.

A is the bottle, having the cork 13 inserted in position.

E is the handle, having the facilities for a knife-blade to close therein.

K is the cork-turner, fastened to the handle E in the same manner as an ordinary knifeblade, and capable of being closed within the handle, as shown by the dotted lines in Fig. 2.

G is the longer and D is the shorter arm of the cork-turner. The longer arm, 0, is made curvilineal in form, as shown in Fig. 2, the extreme end terminating in a sharp point or substantially a sharp point. On the inner 1 side of the longer arm 0 is the shoulder I.

To remove'a cork with this cork-turner, the longer arm 0 is inserted between the cork and inner surface of the neck of the bottle. At the same time the shorter arm D enters the cork at or near the center thereof. The shoulder I 0 passes below the cork and engages with the cork at some point between the two ends of the cork. The cork-turner is now turned slowly by taking hold of the handle E, and by the act of turning the cork is slowly worked out of the neck of the bottle.

The advantage in using this cork-turner to remove corks over other means used is as follows: As the long arm 0 is forced into posi-i tion an opening is made, through which carbonic-acid gas or othergases can escape without the overflow incident to suddenly pulling the cork out. The breaking of the cork is also obviated,as the long arm 0 passes down beside the entire length of the cork, and as theturning takes place the entire length of the cork is moved.

I claim As a new article of manufacture, a corkturner for the purpose of removing corks from bottles, consisting of two arms, 0 and D,

attached to a suitable handle, as and for the purpose shown and described.

GEORGE WV. KOItN.

Witnesses:

PHIL E. WINTER, ,0. SYNNERTOEDT. 

